The Nord Aviation 3202 is a 1950s French military trainer aircraft designed and built by Nord Aviation to meet a French Army requirement for a two-seat basic trainer, as a replacement for the biplane Stampe SV.4. Altogether, 101 examples were built, with the first flying on 17 April 1957.
Design The 3202 was a cantilever low-wing monoplane with a fixed tailwheel landing gear and a nose-mounted inline piston engine. It had an enclosed cockpit for pupil (front) and instructor (rear) in tandem.
Operation
The Nord 3202 was used as a military training aircraft. After retirement from military use, many examples were sold to the civilian market, including several now (2012) flown in the United States.
Variants Nord 3200 Prototype with a 240hp (179kW) Salmson 8AS-04 engine. Nord 3201 Prototype with a 170hp (127kW) Regnier 4L-22 engine. Nord 3202 Production aircraft with a Potez 4D-32 engine, 50 built. Nord 3202B Production aircraft with a Potez 4D-34 engine, 50 built. Nord 3202B1B modified by Aérospatiale for use by the Patrouille de l'Aviation Légère de l'Armée de Terre in aerobatic competitions. Larger ailerons, lower weight, new landing gear, and variable-pitch propeller. Nord 3212 Redesignation for 3202s fitted with radio compass and equipped for instrument flight training.
Operators
French Army
Specifications (N 3202)
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